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Institute of the North

In research, Institute of the North stands highest in Social Sciences (#8,340 of 16,945 worldwide), Social Sciences (#7,696 of 10,206 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#17,365 of 21,541 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Agricultural and Biological Sciences — Agricultural and Biological Sciences is 7.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#25,144
of 28,054 · #21,562 all time
Rank in United States
#3,789
of 4,192
Research works
658
▲ 85% vs 2013–17
Citations
8.4k
12.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
58%
world 28%

What is Institute of the North known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Social SciencesDomain #8,340 of 16,945 20.8%225
Social SciencesField #7,696 of 10,206 23.1%121
Physical SciencesDomain #17,365 of 21,541 10.1%221
Life SciencesDomain #13,456 of 14,347 10.8%140

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Institute of the North sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

What does Institute of the North specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Agricultural and Biological Sciences takes 7.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 47.2 works7.7×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 7.72× its world share, 47 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.71× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.58× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.49× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.73× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.30× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3.21× its world share, 6 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.16× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.09× its world share, 21 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.30× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.62× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.82× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.22× its world share, 6 worksMedicineNursing: 2.38× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.63× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.66× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.55× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.71× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.81× its world share, 13 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 7.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Institute of the North?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Soil Fertility, Sustainable Agriculture, Food Security, Drought Tolerance, Genetic Improvement, Plant Breeding and Crop Adaptation.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change20▲ 5.9×23 topics
  2. Soil Fertility16▲ 56×4 topics
  3. Sustainable Agriculture13▲ 32×6 topics
  4. Food Security11▲ 15×5 topics
  5. Drought Tolerance11▲ 59×5 topics
  6. Genetic Improvement10▲ 87×3 topics
  7. Plant Breeding10▲ 77×2 topics
  8. Crop Adaptation9▲ 499×1 topic
  9. Forage Production9▲ 279×1 topic
  10. Agriculture7▲ 13×1 topic
  11. Plant Genetics7▲ 231×1 topic
  12. Sustainable Development7▲ 3.3×11 topics
  13. Breeding6▲ 58×4 topics
  14. Genetics5▲ 6.0×5 topics
  15. Genome Sequencing5▲ 26×4 topics
  16. QTL Mapping5▲ 32×2 topics
  17. Disease Resistance4▲ 68×1 topic
  18. Wheat4▲ 166×1 topic
  19. Arctic4▲ 30×4 topics
  20. Recycling4▲ 9.0×5 topics
  21. Agricultural Development4▲ 18×3 topics
  22. Nutrition3▲ 5.0×2 topics
  23. Genetic Mapping3▲ 28×2 topics
  24. Immune Modulation3▲ 19×2 topics
  25. Prebiotics3▲ 21×2 topics
  26. Circular Economy2▲ 7.2×3 topics
  27. Endophyte Symbiosis2▲ 234×1 topic
  28. Fisheries Management2▲ 18×2 topics
  29. Grass-Fungal Interaction2▲ 234×1 topic
  30. Functional Foods2▲ 20×1 topic
  31. Micronutrients2▲ 51×1 topic
  32. Plant Growth2▲ 17×5 topics
  33. Soil Quality2▲ 47×2 topics
  34. Host-Pathogen Interaction2▲ 23×2 topics
  35. Quantitative Trait Loci2▲ 30×2 topics
  36. Heavy Metal Pollution2▲ 186×1 topic
  37. Hydrology2▲ 13×3 topics
  38. Utilization2▲ 37×2 topics
  39. Plasmodiophora brassicae2▲ 74×1 topic
  40. Rhizoctonia solani2▲ 74×1 topic

Which research topics does Institute of the North publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Agricultural Productivity and Crop Improvement, Agriculture and Biological Studies, Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology and Plant and fungal interactions.

Agricultural Productivit…9Agricultural Productivity and Crop Improvement: 9 fractional worksAgriculture and Biological Studies: 7 fractional worksWheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology: 4 fractional worksPlant and fungal interactions: 2 fractional worksFood Industry and Aquatic Biology: 2 fractional worksAnimal Nutrition and Health: 2 fractional worksPlant Disease Resistance and Genetics: 2 fractional worksProbiotics and Fermented Foods: 2 fractional worksRecycling and utilization of industrial and municipal waste in materials production: 2 fractional worksPhotosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms: 2 fractional works
Agronomy and Crop ScienceGeneral Agricultural and Biological SciencesPlant ScienceEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics3 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Agricultural Productivity and Crop Improvement Agronomy and Crop Science 9 works
  2. 2 Agriculture and Biological Studies General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 7 works
  3. 3 Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology Plant Science 4 works
  4. 4 Plant and fungal interactions Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 2 works
  5. 5 Food Industry and Aquatic Biology Food Science 2 works
  6. 6 Animal Nutrition and Health Plant Science 2 works
  7. 7 Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics Plant Science 2 works
  8. 8 Probiotics and Fermented Foods Food Science 2 works
  9. 9 Recycling and utilization of industrial and municipal waste in materials production Building and Construction 2 works
  10. 10 Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms Molecular Biology 2 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world’s own shares — the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available57.7%not open42.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors35.8%domestic only64.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Institute of the North's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 85% higher than in 2013–2017.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

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